KINGSTON, ONTARIO. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1923. . In Mediterranean to Strength- en Britain's Stand. STATEMENT OF SALANDRA GREEKS BURN ITALIAN FLAG AFTER BURIAL Of Victims of Corfu Bombard- ment--The ltalian Lega tion Attacked. Athens, Sept. ' 5.---A violont demonstration against Italy took place yesterday after solemn funeral services had been held in the Cath- olic cathedral for the victims of the Corfu bombardment. The crowd burned an Malian flag and attacked the Italian legation. The newspapers are filled with re- solutions passed by various public organizations protesting against ithe hog - To League of Nations That Italy Considers Interven- ti U . tifi i - Athens, Sept. 5.--Italian have unloaded heavy antillery at Corfu and are building strong forti- fications, an unconfirmed report from the island states. Apother un- confirmed despatch reports occupa- dion by ItaMan forces of the Alban- fan harbor of Agi Sarahti. A British destroyer arrived near the scene of naval activity around] Corfu to protect British interests, Becording to another report. Greece's Reply. Paris, Sept. 5.--The text of Greece's reply to the protest of the forces | the world churches occupation of Corfu, which is de- scribed as a violation of existing treaties and international law. The papers also print a message from the archbishops and bishops of Asia Minor to the various heads of and an appeal from Greek reserve officers to those in the American, British, French Ru- manian, Serbian and Belgian armies. For the-first-time since 1914 the newspapers have put aside their dif- ferences over internal affairs and are united in excorciating the Italian ac- tion, GERMANY IS LIKELY AT END OF HER TETHER Council of Ambassadors over the as- _ Sussination gn Greek soll of the Jmlian boundary mission was recelv- ed yesterday and will be considered by the Ambassadors at the earliest Opportunity. The declarations of the Italian And May Now Propose Of- ficial Discussions With France and Belgium. Berlin, Sept. 6. -- Current 1im- pression in banking circles here is Government that it engages itself to evacuate the island of Corfu when its demands are met by Greece and | that it has no intention of making War are regarded in official quart- 'ore here as removing the likelthood of serious future complications, that Germany is at the end of her { téther, so far as her farther ability to finance passive resistance is con- cerned. . It is expected that in a few days Germany will take the initiative in the direction of proposing that offi- British Fleet at Hand. Geneva, Sept. 5.--A British fleet is entering the Mediterranean Sea. This move is strengthening the band of Great Britain at Geneva. It is assented here that the British are) determined 'tons shall have authority to act in the Italo-Greek imbroglio. , (# several hundred. injured refy- poial discussions be begun with the French and Belgian governments, ---------- SPP 4P P2022 2000029 * ; * + EMPRESS OF CANADA + CARRYING INJURED. - -- ™ * % London, Sept. 5 -- The # # steamship Empress of Canada # is on her way to Shanghai with ¢ ° #% gees, says the Central News, as this morning that Italy would re- gard intervention of the league in the Greco-ltalian crisis as unjusti- fied. The League, he weserted, had no competence in the affair, which t Belgian dele- , has received dnetructions from to stand solidly with Bri- assuring respect for 'the of Nations pact even at the In Tokio Naval Club, Which Collapsed During The San Francisco, Cal, Sept. 5.--] While flames roared and buildings oppled in the heart of Tokio on Sun- day the leaders of statcoraft were as- in the naval club.to fomn a i to succeed that of the iate Despatch rb LASER EEE EE TLR YT e hospitals in Kobe are full, ical supplies are being rush- % ed to the stricken area. + ° * + * THE PRINCE OF WALES IS CHEERED AT LONDON As He Leaves For His Trip to Canada--The Prince / Pleased. London, Sept. 5: ~~ The Prince of Wales was given an enthusiastic ! send-off this morning as he left Lon- don for Southampton to go aboard the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of France for Canada, travelling as Lord Renfrew. There was no mis- taking the prince's pleasure as he started on his trip. To meet his de- sire to be treated as an ordinary Dassenger, steps were taken lo pre- vent a large crowd assembling on the station platform, but other pas- sengers who are crossing the At- jantic on the same steamer gathered 4s near as possible to the royal sa- loon on the train. They gave the prince a rousing cheer as he alighted from his motor car with Sir Lionel 'Halsey, who travelled with him to Southampton. » - + ONLY ' 10,000 * DEAD IN TOKIO + "You Said It, ree P90000 90 0000000000000 NE ------ ARE THOUGHT T0 BE SAFE sir ich ht NO DIRECT TINGS YT ------------ $ees00000000000 000i All Staff Members of the Y. W.C.A. in Tokio Are Reported Safe. Toronto, Sept. 5.--No direct tid- ings have come through as yet re- garding the safety of the Canadian missionaries stationed dn Japan, but the belief is being hopefully and confidently expressed in church cir- cles to-day that, if any, the casual- ties were very ight. : Only sixty-two Canadian Metho- dist missionaries, owt of a total of more than 100 assigned to the Jap- anese field, were within the danger zone at the time of the disaster. Of these, thirty-one were working under the auspices of the foreign mission society and the rest were sent out by women's missionary societies. It is thought that at least twenty-eight out of this number were at Kobe, which, according to all reports es- caped with very minor damage. Rev. Daniel Norman, D.D., who is at present home on furlough, is of the opinion that most of the Metho- dist missionaries stationed dn the cities would be living at their sum- mer homes this time of the year. The majority reside at Nagfiri, a resort on the morthwestern coast which was not harmed at all, he said. Americans Safe. New York, Sept. 5.--All mission- arfes in Tokio and Yokohama of the Reformed Church th America are safe, according to a cablegram from Kobe, received to-day by the board of foreign missionssof the church. All staff members of the Young Women's Christian Association in Japan zre safe, says a message re- celved by the national board from Miss Jane Neil Scott, head of the Y. W. C. A. in Kioto, ----t-------- Two Ogdensburg Men Were Visiting Japan Ogdensburg, N.Y., Cept. &.--Wal- ter J. Manning, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jobn Manning of this city, and Dr. V. 8. W. Worden, assistant physician "at the St .Lawrence State hospital, here, are at the present time in Japan, the former being located with a New York banking house at Yoko- hama and the latter, who is visiting his father, one of the leading physic- fans in Japan, being located at To- kio. Dr. Worden's father has lived in Japan for more than 40 years and the Ogdensburg physician was born in that country. = He left for Japan a few weeks ago, expeoting to pass some time with his father, American Red Cross Contributes $110,000 Washington, Sept. 5.---Ame#i took the lead in relief for stricken Japan. a While all the available ships, food and relief workers at the command of the United States in the far east were being rushed to Yokohama, President Coolidge issued a plea to the American people for comtribu- tions for the American reiief fund the American Red Cross appro- riated $110,000 for immediate ex- pefiditure on the scene. Port Arthur family was awakened by house sliding over at acute angle during the night. . Vice-Admiral Simonetti has been appointed Italian governor of the Is- land of Corfu. Cheese was sold at 24 1-2¢ at Wa- tertown, N Y., and Gouverneur, NY, on Saturday. Western Canada farmers are stil calling for harvest help. ; ------------ CANADA BUYS MORE FROM U. 8. FARMERS Also She Sells Less During the Four Months Ending With July. Ottawa, Sept. §.--Canadian im- ports of agricultural produce from the United States increased consid- erably during the four months end- Ing with July, as compared with last year, while Canadian exponts of similar products to the United States fell off during the same period, ac- cording to a bulletin just issued by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics. During the four months ending with July last, Canada's imports of agricultural, vegetable and animal products from the . United States were valued at about $39,000,000, as compared with less than $33,- 000,000 for the corresponding per- fod in 1922. On the other hand, Can- ada's exports of agricultural, vege- table and amimal products for the four months ending with July of the current year wene approximately $36,000,000, as against $38,000,000 for the similar four months of last year. Apart from agricultural produce, there were large increases in Cama- dian exports of wood and paper to the United States, and considerable increases in exports of non-ferrous metal products, while dn imports into Canada from the United States the chief increases were in iron and its products and non-metallic min- eral products. CHEAP BLACK LIBOR DRIING WATES OUT Of South Africa -- 150,000 Europeans Destitute and Make Appeal. London, Sept. 5.--" 'One hundred and fifty thousand unemployed and destitute Europeans are rotting in starvation," Is a portion of eome forceful phraseology in a letter from the committee of unemployed men in South Africa to Tom Mann, vice-president of 'the Workers Un- fon here. The letter urgently pleads for "repatriation to any white coun- try in the world," and declares that cheap black. Jabor in South Africa is driving the white worker out of ex- istence. : Soap Will Exterminate Leprosy, Says Scientist Chicago, Sept. 5.--Soap is the greatest enemy of leprosy and if eco- nomic conditions could be chauged 80 that everyone could afford to be clean, and education create in them the desire and knowledge of hygiene, leprosy would soon cease (o"be a great scourge and become one of the rare diseases, Dr. Arthur W. Stil- lans, professor of dermatology at Northwestern University, announced in an article just published. Move To End Female Mine Labor Stirs India Simla, India, Sept. 5.---The qurs- tion of thé advisability of prohibiting the employment of women in mines has again been taken up by the gov- ernment of India. At present about one-third of the mine workers in India are women. The Department of Industries and Labor of the central government has sent a letter to each of the provincial governments, asking for advice wii regard to possible legislation against the employment of women in mines. Secretary Hughes, of the United States suggests a permanent board to settle all matters at issue between Canada and United States. All Salvation Army officers and workers in Japan are belisved to have lost their lives in the earth- quake. The attendance at the Toronto ex- hibition is already well over the mil- da WITH MURDER Shot And Killed. Woman on His Mother's Order. A TRAGEDY NANTOBA - . Lad's Mother in Hospital As Result of Fight Pre- ceding Killing. Winnipeg, Sept. 5.--Peter ,Sa- wicki, sald to be the youngest boy ever to face Canadian courts charg- ed with murder, is in the provincial jail at the court house at Dauphin awaiting bs preliminary trial. He is twelve and one-half years old. He jis charged with killing Mrs. Anna Kunke at Pine River on Sat- urday last. i "I didn't know that it was wrong to shoot anybody," the youthful prisoner answered under examina- tion at the coromer"s inquest held Monday at Pine River, "but my mo- ther told me to shoot. I wouldn't have shot if she wouldn't have told me." His mother, Mrs. Paul Sawicki, is in 'hospital, badly bruised as the re- sult of a fight which preceded the tragedy. 1 Stabbed by Her Husband. Sault Ste. Marie, Sept. 5.--With seven knife wounds in her arms, tieck, breast and back, Mrs. Joseph Denofy yesterday staggered to the | door way of her home of some friends living at 27 Qathcant street and fell unconscious on the steps. She lies in a precarious condition at the home of her son-in-law. Mrs. Denofy stated that her hus- band had slashed her with a knife. and had kicked her in the stomach and pounded her face with his fists. Denofy was arrested in a lane at the rear of Albert street. He was remanded eight days when he will be tried for assault with intent to kill, providing Mrs. Denofy does not die in the meantime, A ------------------ ' Dases Are Wrecked ------ Liverpool, Eng., Sept. 5---The Japanese naval bases at Kamakakura and Yokosuka were entirely destroy- ed in the earthquake, according to dispatches received by the Japanese consulate here. All the bridges over the river tra- versing Tokio were carried away by the tidal flood. BOY CHARGED ANXIOUS TO ASSIST THE UNEMPLOYED British Ministry = Will Aid Local Government Schemes to Give Work. ae---- London, Sept. 5.--1It is stated that the government is prepared to meet all applications from logsl author- ities for grants to assist schemes to provide work for the unemployed, although grants already made re- present an outlay of over £23,000, 000 compared with £10,000,000 or- iginally contemplated. It is believed that schemes al. ready submitted will find work for more than 300,000. These schemes include the construction of docks and harbors, electrical undertak- ings; roads, parks, cemeteries, bridges, tramways and land re- clamation. THE G.W.A. MAKING "__ SOME NEW REQUESTS Government Asked to Recog- nize Men Kept in Canada for Duty During War. St. Catharines Sept. 5.--The Do- minion Government is to be asked to make some recognition of men who volunteered for service over- seas and were kept in Canada for duty, and also to make public the amount of money saved on salaries of C. E, F. men by reason of the ex- change rate. Action to this effect was taken at yesterday's session of the Ontario Command of the Great War Veter- ans' Association. The Government will also be requested to make the two-minutes cessation of all activity on Armistice Day statutory. Canon Scott will be asked to draw up a form of service to He used through- out Canada, and to officiate as Do- minion chaplain at a central ser vice. Formal commendation was passed to the Provincial Department of Education for its practice of offer- ing prizes for essays on memorable battlés on their anniversary dates in the schools. A resolution to have Armistice Day declared a national holiday ir- respective of whether it falls on Day was withdrawn because of epposition. Proposed. 0 Mothers' Allowance , Act approved would provide that three instead of five years be allowed after a hus- band has disappeared; also that when a widow is left pregnant the unborn child be included in the al- lowamce; also in the death of the father of a family having become domiciled in Ontario that the widow be paid mother's allowance without residential qualification as at pres- SCARCITY OF LABOR IN ONTARO IS MARKED equest Made to Bring 200 Men From the United States. Toronto, Sept. 5.--An indication of the scarcity of labor in Ontario is provided in e request made by a company at Penetanguishene to the immigration department at Ottawa for permission to bring two hundred men from the United States. The {application was passed on by Ot- tawa to Hon. Dr. Fonbes Godfrey, as minister of labor, for verfication. Hon. Dr. Godfrey would only reply that {t was fmpossible to obtain the men in Ontario and it is expected that the request will be granted. The company needing the labor is engaged in the manufacture of shacks and other supplies. RR ---------- A man named McKinstry is in' Jail at Ottawa for forging the name 5f ent required for three years in Can- eda, two years in Ontario and one year in a municipality. a -- Cockshutt and Ferguson Canoe to Hudson's Bay Toronto, Sept. §. -- Lieul.-Gover- nor Cockshutt is arranging to make a trip to Moose Factory, on Hudson's Bay. a He will be accompanied by Pre- ,mier Ferguson, Hon. Camon H, J. Cody, George Lee, chairman of the T. & N. 0. Rallway Commission, and Col. Fraser, his Honor's military sec- \retary. The party will proceed by cance from the end of steel, and the trip will take about three wecks, the start being made next week. ------ pr et---- Turkish Eunuchs Organize. Constantinople, Sept. 5.---Eunuchs of this city who constitute the guard- jans of the harems, have formed a mnatual benefit society. This action is due to the straits into which many eunuchs have been thrown by the abolition of the palace harem, as wel! J. D. Gillies,Braeside, on cheques. as by (increasing poverty among upper-class Turks. i Sn o London, Sept. 5. --First officla} To ports from Tokio, where looting, rioting, starvation and fire arc stalk= ing in the wake of Salurday's dis- aster of earthquake and flood, placed the casualities of killed and injured in the Japanese capital at $90,000. A later official despatch sent the United Fress from Osaka said only 2,500 persons had been killed and 100,000 injured, with 350,000 houses destroyed. : A despatch direct from which appeared to have been by a staff correspondent there. al though it did not bear his signature, said three million Japanese were homeless, but Pived; the dead at from 500 to 1,000. ' % BRO Simultaneously with these reports, which seemed to indicate the casu- alities of the catastrophe might be less than at first was feared came, however, wireless messages of fresh disaster, " Affects Britain London, Sept. 5. -- The financial heart of London, where thousands of Britons make their living insur ing their fellow men against all manner of misfortune knows it win have to meet very heavy payments as a result of the Japaneso catase trophe, but none can estimate roughly how many million wiil have to be paid to poiicy-holders A & Oil Tanks Explode, Pekin, Sept. 5. -- Wireless rep from ships of Yokohama, pioked by radio stations here, state scores of huge oil tanks in that of exploded yesterday, entailing reat loss of lite. Ie The same roports say that. Rol and Oshima lands: The Xh a coast, where many 3 have completely disappeared. ; Further loss of life also is reports ed to have taken place in Tokio a bridge upon which thousands taken refuge, collapsed and them to. their deaths. stn. Kobe is Intact. Brussels, Sept. 5. ~-- The Belgian consul at Kobe has to the foreign oflice here that Ko intact, but is without commu tion from the rest of Japan, r---- . May. Bo Saved. ig Oakland, Calif., Sept. 5. -- Reports reaching here that the (Green Mountain) Methodist sionary Schoal in, Toxic, may been saved meaps that most of missionaries of this denomi Were saved also, in the belief of K. B. Johnson, former head of school, and now a resident of O land. Virtually, afl of the M missionarfes in 'Japan 'made headguarters at this school, ---------- Prince is Killed. Shanghai, Sept. §, -- Advices fi Tokio say that the second son. ¢ Prince Higasai-Kuni was killed /] stantly in the earthquake. Prince Kan-in, a descendant of 113th Emperor, is missing. Kel) ! Okanc and Yoshiro Hiranuma, Min ter of Education and Justice, tively in the new Cabinet, have missing since the first ua! shock. t